Wereturnedfrom Las Palmasto Swedenmid-Feb 2018. After housesittingSaku’smother’s house for couple of weeks, the plan was to settle back to the boat. But the winter was exceptionally snowy and cold in south Sweden and therefore ourreturn to StellaPolariswas postponeda month.

Finally, on 18thof April 2018, the sailing season 2018 began and we set sails and started our journey from south Swedento Helsinki, Finland,a.k.a. home.

The numbers

22.5.2018 arriving to Helsinki, Finland after…

717days “on the road”

12 countries

6271 nm – From Finland to north Africa and back

888 nautical miles in 2018

48 sailing legs

Shortest leg: 1.3 nm (within Suomenlinna)

Longest leg: 67.9 nm (Waxholm to Maarianhamina)

Average leg length: 18.5 nm

108 engine hours

3 countries: Sweden, Finland & Estonia

18 big, small or tiny islands

14 guest marinas

The warmest May in decades followed by the warmest summer in years – just what we needed!

Hundreds of crazy bees everywhere

Enjoyed the Finnish summer idyll: sea, sailing & sauna

After homecoming

How did it feel to come back home after 2 years of sailing? Read what the crew had to say at the time of homecoming from here.

After returning home, settling to our new apartment and starting in our new jobs, we did abike&sail summer tour to Estonia and explored the rocky islands close to Helsinki.We loved the laid back days ashore moored to different rocky islets and were really lazy sailors.

Stella Polaris was our weekend home until shewaslifted up on dry landon 21stofSeptember 2018. She is now winter sleeping inher newhome portSuomenlinnaSea Fortress.